Although I agree with this Mom that trolls are evil, at times they epitomize evil. However, I just don't agree this is what crowdfunding is for. OR maybe I'm wrong about that. Maybe it doesn't matter how necessary or noble the reason is, maybe it's simply about what people are willing to and not to give money to. I, for one, wouldn't give to this cause BUT I certainly wouldn't chastise her on social media for it either.
Nikki Smith set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to take her 12- and 10-year-old daughters to Disney World, and even though her plea was shared more than 18,000 times on Facebook, she'd only received $18 and a lot of backlash.
“The press have made me out to be an awful person,” said Smith, who eventually deleted her page after her story made headlines.
Smith has since re-launched the GoFundMe page, which has raised about $650.
"I’m traumatized by the abuse and negativity I have received and only put this back up because a lot of people said I should,” Smith explains. “Online trolls are evil, I haven’t hurt anyone and I was only trying to fulfill my children’s dreams.”
Source: MamaMia/ Photo: Nikki Smith